词源趣谈 | deadline 截止时间
deadline 指某一特定任务或工作需要完成的截止时间。如
短篇小说 | Berenice
Berenice and I were cousins, and we grew up together in my paternal halls.
单词双拼 | 看 watershed 如何实现惊天大转折
watershed 可不是“雨棚”
女生叫 Kekona 是什么意思？
Kekona 是一个夏威夷名字，通常被赋予男性。在夏威夷语中，"Kekona"的意思是"第二"或者"第二个"。
词源趣谈 | a dead ringer 容貌极其相像的人
dead ringer 指长相酷似他人的某个人。
短篇小说 | The Laughing Hippopotamus
For he had sworn by the bones of his grandfather; and his grandfather had no bones.
女生叫 Keisha 是什么意思？
Keisha 这个英文名并没有特定的含义，但它可能源自非洲语言，意为“快乐”或“喜悦”。
词源趣谈 | as dead as a doornail 彻底作废
as dead as a doornail 形容某人已死、某事已彻底作废，或比喻某人或某事再无重要性可言。
短篇小说 | The Affair at Coulter's Notch
"Do you think, Colonel, that your brave Coulter would like to put one of his guns in here?" the general asked.
女生叫 Kehinde 是什么意思？
Kehinde 是非洲约鲁巴人的名字，它是由两个词组成的： "kehin" 和 "de"。 "kehin" 的意思是 "跟着" 或者 "尾随"，"de" 是 "来" 的意思。
词源趣谈 | as dead as the dodo 早已过时
as dead as the dodo 或 as dead as a dodo 形容某物已经彻底过时，或再也不存在了。
短篇小说 | The Nice People
"Two children," repeated my wife; "and they are staying with his aunt Jenny."
